United States of America, Colorado, Mesa, Gateway Palisade Natural Area N of Gateway between CO hwy 141 & Dolores R.; end of two track road leading to informal campsite on open bench and flats near mouth of minor drainage ca. 1mi. E of Mesa Co road 4.2 on W side of the Palisade (rd junction with
38.706645 -108.992078
12 0674593E 4286137N
Certainty code: 1
1454 meters
4770 FT ca
Open bench and flats near mouth of minor drainage. Permian Cutler Form. Coleogyne ramosissum community with scattered Sabina osteosperma and Achnantherum hymenoides; Eriogonum inflatum, Chaetopappa ericoides, Astragalus nuttalliana, Erodium cicutarium,
intricately branched low rounded shrub; flowers yellowish; abundant and widespread.
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Jennifer Ackerfield, Head Curator of Biodiversity Collections (jennifer.ackerfield@botanicgardens.org)